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Chapter 4

Author: Popcorn
My phone kept buzzing after I landed in Doralune.

The first photo Lacey sent was of the baby. The second showed the IV taped to the back of her hand.

Then, came a message.

[If I still mean anything to you, you should know that what you did was wrong.]

I checked the baby’s time of birth and closed the chat.

Outside the airport, the driver was waiting with a sign.

He took my suitcase and asked whether I was there on business or visiting family.

“My company sent me,” I said.

“That’s good,”
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    Lacey came by twice more after that.The first time, she waited outside the apartment complex for me to come home from work.The second time, she went to Mom and said she would stop causing trouble if I would just hear her out.Mom did not try to persuade me on her behalf. She did not let her in either.Lacey kept sending messages from different numbers.First, she called me cold. Then, she said she was bad at expressing herself. Finally, she asked if I would let her stay in my house for a while.I refused.It took her less than an evening to go from apologizing to demanding something from me.In October, Aaron told me the baby had gone to live with the Davidson family.After returning home, Robby had helped resolve the custody and support dispute. The financial and childcare arrangements had been put in writing.Robby’s parents would look after the baby for the time being. Lacey would still do her part and visit as agreed.“At least she won’t have to go from person to perso

  • I Convinced My Fiancée To Give Birth And Ran   Chapter 12

    I returned home on September twelfth.Dad was waiting outside. He took my suitcase and looked me over.“Are you staying this time?” he asked.“The follow-up projects are here. I’m not going anywhere for a while.”Dad nodded. “Good. Your mom’s had that beef stew on the stove for hours.”Mom opened the door and told me to wash my hands first.She filled a large bowl for me and still asked if I wanted more.I smiled. “Let me finish this one first.”Over dinner, Dad asked about work. Mom asked about the place I had been staying.I told them a few stories about Amabel. Stories about my new colleagues, the vegetables I had bought by mistake at the supermarket, and how we wrapped up the project in those final few days.No one asked about Lacey.The meal felt complete without her at the table.The next morning, I went downstairs to buy breakfast and saw her sitting on a bench.In her arms was the baby. A folded blanket rested on her lap.Lacey stood up as soon as she saw me. “You

  • I Convinced My Fiancée To Give Birth And Ran   Chapter 11

    Late August, word spread among our college friends that Robby was heading home for his engagement party.Aaron showed me the invitation. September eighth, at a hotel back home.Amy Corzo was listed as the bride-to-be.“Did you get one?” Aaron asked.“No.”He laughed. “He wouldn’t dare invite you. You know too much.”I closed the image.My return flight was already booked. I was not flying back early for his party.Someone posted the invitation on social media. The hotel and date were right there.Lacey soon found out.On September ninth, Aaron sent me several videos.One of our college friends had filmed them. Aaron’s cousin also worked at the hotel and later filled him in on what had happened.In the videos, Lacey walked in with the baby and went straight to the head table.Robby had stood up and moved to block her.Lacey had set the paternity test report on the table. “Why are you stopping me? Your son’s here to see you. What? Are you ashamed of him?”Robby glanced at

  • I Convinced My Fiancée To Give Birth And Ran   Chapter 10

    That August, Mom called to say Lacey’s parents had come over.She kept her voice low. “They said they’d come to thank us, so I let them in. As soon as they sat down, they started saying you’d ruined Lacey’s life. “They said she’d lived with you while she was pregnant, so you couldn’t pretend it had nothing to do with you.”I heard Dad beside her asking what exactly they wanted.Mrs. Malone said, “We’re not trying to shake you down. Our daughter was doing fine before she got engaged to your son.“The wedding’s off, and she’s going from person to person with a baby in her arms asking for help. You owe us an explanation.”I asked Mom to put the phone on speaker and set it on the table.“Mrs. Malone, when exactly was your daughter ‘doing fine’?”She paused at the sound of my voice, then quickly replied, “Brooke, there’s no need to be sarcastic. My daughter’s immature. You’re older than she is. You should cut her some slack.”“You know who her baby’s father is, don’t you?”Mrs. M

  • I Convinced My Fiancée To Give Birth And Ran   Chapter 9

    In July, Lacey started sending emails.The first contained a photo of the baby.Underneath, she wrote that Sully Malone was four months old and had started smiling.The second showed him lying on a bed. The third showed his little hand clutching her hair.There was an email every day.I opened the first, checked that there were no emergencies, and did not reply.After that, I only read the subject lines. I did not open each photo for a closer look.On the fifth day, the subject line changed to [How can you just ignore us?]She attached a recording of the baby crying. The email read, [It’s one thing if nobody else cares. You used to be the one who cared about me most.]I moved the emails into a folder and turned off the pop-up alerts.In her twelfth email, she said the paternity test had been done.Robby had provided a sample to the testing lab so he could negotiate support payments and get her to stop posting about him everywhere.The results confirmed that he was the fathe

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    In mid-June, Lacey used someone else’s phone to call me.She first assured me she was not calling for money. Then, she told me Robby really did have a new girlfriend.“You’ve met Amy, haven’t you?” Lacey asked.“Yes.”Her voice turned cold. “You just sat there and watched him with another woman? You couldn’t even stand up for me? Brooke, I was a fool to trust you.”I did not point out that she only trusted me to do things for her.“What do you want?” I asked.She cursed Robby for ignoring her calls, then started on his parents.She had gone to see them once. They had given her four thousand and told her not to come back.When she showed them photos of the baby, Robby’s mother turned away.“I was perfectly respectful, but she wouldn’t even be civil,” Lacey said. “Your mom’s much nicer. At least she asks if the baby’s warm enough.”“Don’t go to see my parents again.”She immediately said I had misunderstood. She was only making a comparison. It was not like she was asking me

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